Marc Joel Atrero

Jetstar and the Airbus A321 While it has presented some challenges to its operating model, Jetstar’s growing fleet of Airbus A321s is carving out a valuable niche in its expanding network, particularly on longer routes. At 213 seats in Jetstar’s all-economy configuration, the A321s offers 36 more seats than the A320, while the similarities in

Over the top Down Under The sounds of large military jet formation teams has been missing from our shores for too long, so it was both a thrill and relief for Australian air show enthusiasts to see the USAF Thunderbirds in action over The Strand in Townsville in late September after an absence of 17

ATR officially presented the prototype of its ATR 72-600 (pictured above) in a ceremony at Toulouse on October 1. “We are very proud and very happy to present our first ATR 72-600 today,” said Stéphane Mayer, ATR’s chief executive officer. “The improvements to our new -600 series are written into our continuous development philosophy in

Commercial New Delays for 747‑8f Boeing Has Delayed First Flight of the 747-8f From the Last Quarter of This Year to Early Next Year, and Taken a Us$1bn (a$1. 1bn) Pre-tax Charge Against Its Third Quarter Profit Result Due to “increased Production Costs and Difficult Market Conditions Affecting the 747-8 Program. ” “as the Program

CASA CEO/director of aviation safety John McCormick is certainly making waves. Since taking on the role earlier this year, the CASA boss has consistently proven to be a man of strong words and actions. He has repeatedly told industry of his key mantras – CASA is the regulator with a capital ‘R’; and that CASA

There is no doubt that Qantas’ headline result was extremely good considering the state of the global economy and the travails of the airline industry in the past 18 months. But the question really is: Why wasn’t it far better? This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue